Freya or Matilda
Freya is the more popular girl name in Canada, #85 to #293 in 2024. Freya is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #6 to #19 in 2025. Freya is the more popular girl name in the USA, #159 to #410 in 2024.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | Freya | Matilda | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #85 | #293 | Freya |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #6 | #19 | Freya |
| USA | 2024 | #159 | #410 | Freya |
| Alberta | 2024 | #78 | #323 | Freya |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #49 | #199 | Freya |
| Ontario | 2024 | #77 | #233 | Freya |
| Quebec | 2024 | #367 | #752 | Freya |
Freya and Matilda in Canada, 2020–2024
Freya climbed from #126 in 2020 to #85 in 2024 in Canada. Matilda climbed from #348 in 2020 to #293 in 2024 in Canada.
Freya and Matilda in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Freya climbed from #12 in 2020 to #6 in 2025 in England and Wales. Matilda climbed from #29 in 2020 to #19 in 2025 in England and Wales.
Freya and Matilda in the USA, 2020–2024
Freya climbed from #178 in 2020 to #159 in 2024 in the USA. Matilda climbed from #478 in 2020 to #410 in 2024 in the USA.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.